George Lyon
George Lyon was born in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada on July 27th, 1858 and is the Golfer. At the age of 79, George Lyon biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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George Seymour Lyon (July 27, 1858 – May 11, 1938) was a Canadian golfer, an Olympic gold medalist in golf, an eight-time Canadian Amateur Championship champion, and a member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.
He worked in the insurance industry.
Early life, cricket
Lyon was born in Richmond, Ontario, near Ottawa. His early sporting career was in cricket, where he represented Canada eight times, average 14.07, and scoring 238 not out in a club match, the highest score ever made in Canada.
Golf career
Despite the fact that he began playing golf at the age of 38, due to a lack of golf courses in most Canadian regions prior to that date, he earned the gold medal in golf in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri, only eight years since the sport was first introduced. He won the Canadian Amateur Championship eight times between 1898 and 1914, the last time in his 56th year. He was also the runner-up in that competition on two other occasions. He won the Canadian Senior Golf Association Championship ten times between 1918 and 1930, his last appearance in his 72nd year; these tournaments were held before the Canadian Senior Golf Championship was established by Golf Canada in 1918.
Lyon lost in the finals of the 1906 United States' In the finals, the United States' 1912 U.S. Embarkation Company defeated Lyon. Amateur, who is in his 48th year and in the 32nd round of the 1908 British Amateur, when he was in his 50th year. He was a lifelong amateur golfer, but he never turned pro.
In 1908, he returned to London to defend his Olympic title, but plans to stage a golf tournament there were postponed at the last minute, since representatives from England and Scotland were unable to agree on the format. Lyon refused to acknowledge the gold medal by mistake. Golf did not return to the Olympics until 2016.
Lyon was also a founding member of the Lambton Golf and Country Club in Toronto, alongside Albert Austin. On June 13, 1903, it was officially opened.
Lyon used to compete in 4-ball matches with future Canadian golf hall of fame member George Cumming.